Monthly Archives: September 2008

Valtech Days: presentations in English

Posted on September 30, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

I have spent quite some time translating the titles of the presentations at Valtech Days for Jeff McKenna. I thought it would be a good idea to give you the information too!   The conference aims at gathering 300 participants around … Continue reading →

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jQuery to be integrated in ASP.NET

Posted on September 29, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

My collegue Cédric Rup tells me that jQuery, an open-source Javascript library, is to be included in a future version of ASP.NET and Visual Studio. A surprising move, as jQuery was still a minor player only a few months ago … Continue reading →

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Improvised Coding Dojo

Posted on September 28, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

In the past three days, I have taught Test-Driven Development to a group of Java developers in Brittany. I thought it was a good idea to arrange an inpromptu Coding Dojo. That contained a moderate risk, as all dojos I … Continue reading →

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My contributions to Hudson got approved for GlassFish Award Program

Posted on September 18, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

My Fit plugin for Hudson and the translation into French got approved for the GAP program. This means I am going to receive money from Sun! I am going to be rich, rich, rich! Err… not quite. Once the 30% … Continue reading →

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Drinks with Google Developer Day’s Speakers

Posted on September 17, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

It was fun going going this evening to La Cantine to meet some of the speakers for Google Developer Day Paris. I only heard about the conference last week, much too late to register (they are apparently expecting 600 people?!). … Continue reading →

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You know you’re a sticky notes geek when…

Posted on September 17, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

Your wife leaves a trail of sticky notes before when she leaves town for a few days. You know, just so that you wouldn’t forget a couple of shores.  

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I am a jealous man

Posted on September 12, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

I’d like to have many visitors. But compared to some blogs I follow, I still have work to do. Here are some information, according to Google Analytics. Compared to Claude Aubry, who writes in French about Scrum, I now reach … Continue reading →

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Everything is vague to a degree you do not realise till you have tried to make it precise

Posted on September 11, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

I am currently reviewing the first draft of Gojko Adzic‘s book Agile Acceptance Testing (I am still at the beginning, but I like it so far). He has a citation from Bertrand Arthur Russell’s Philosophy of Logical Atomism that is … Continue reading →

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DSLs: first, make them easy to read

Posted on September 10, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

Yesterday, I went to a presentation of Groovy at Paris JUG by Guillaume Laforge. One of his points was that Groovy is well-suited for designing DSLs – Domain Specific Languages. I think he said something along the lines of “with … Continue reading →

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GWT, Flex, JavaFX, Silverlight or JQuery? The jury is still out

Posted on September 9, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

Like everyone else, we are interested in new frameworks to design richer web interfaces, usually known as RIA – Rich Internet Applications. Most people will agree that there are three big contenders, but they all have limitations: GWT, though my … Continue reading →

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Venue found for CITCON Amsterdam

Posted on September 7, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

Finding a venue for CITCON is always a rather stressful and last minute event. So I am happy to report that we already have found one for CITCON Amsterdam, 3 & 4 October. IBM has been kind enough to let … Continue reading →

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Craftsmanship over Execution

Posted on September 4, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

I have not been able to blog in a timely manner regarding Robert C Martin’s Keynote at Agile 2008. I must admit that I was not really expecting so much energy, presence on scene, and fun. Not to mention his … Continue reading →

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Music Lesson

Posted on September 3, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

Yesterday evening, we attended a concert at Salle Pleyel, the most prestigious French venue for classical music. The host was Ravi Shankar, one of the masters of classical Hindustani music in general, and of sitar in particular. It was not … Continue reading →

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GWT 1.5 Final Released

Posted on September 2, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

I just came back from 3-week holidays, and I am still coming to grips with all the news that I had missed. Among them, GWT 1.5 is finally stable! The biggest feature is compatibility with Java 1.5. This is great, … Continue reading →

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